Even as fans are still buzzing about exciting Sydney Sweeney casting news, the pendulum swings.
We’re all excited for
But if you were looking forward to Sweeney’s cameo — playing herself — resign yourself to reality now.
After multiple controversies over the past year, she’s been cut from the final film. Why?
She would have portrayed herself for a three-minute scene
Originally, Sweeney would have portrayed herself in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
The scene would have lasted just a few minutes, featuring her being styled by Emily Blunt’s character, Emily Charlton.
Some celebrity cameos are tongue-in-cheek, sometimes involving a bit of humorous self-mockery.
Others are very straightforward — an actor or singer portraying themselves earnestly.
We may never get to know what Sweeney’s scene would have looked like. Because it’s gone.
Though Sweeney filmed the scene, Entertainment Weekly reports that its removal from the final cut was a “creative decision.”
Ultimately, the scene did not work structurally for the overall film.
Anyone who has worked in any creative storytelling field can attest that, sometimes, you have to exclude scenes, events, or even entire characters for the sake of the overall story.
In a film, time is extremely valuable, and any error can create painful pacing issues.
The team behind The Devil wears Prada 2 is reportedly grateful for Sweeney’s participation in the project, and were reluctant to cut the scene from the final product.
But what about the elephant (or eagle) in the room?
It’s probably not a sign of hard feelings or whatever that Sweeney didn’t attend the premiere on Monday, April 20.
Even if she’d still appeared in the final cut, she would have been a cameo, not a lead. And she didn’t even appear in that.
(Few films seek to draw attention to what-might-have-been alternate cuts unless there are serious creative differences, like between a director and a studio.)
But Sweeney filmed her scene last summer. She was, to be blunt, a much less polarizing figure at the time.
Following her not-actually-that-controversial American Eagle add, she’s avoided rejecting Donald Trump’s approval, she’s gone public with dating Scooter Braun, and unconfirmed Zendaya feud rumors have only mounted.
